High expression of ZEB1 correlates with liver metastasis and poor prognosis in colorectal cancer

Oncology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 564-568

  Zhang, Guang Jun ^a   Zhou, Tong ^a   Tian, Hong Peng ^a   Liu, Zuo Liang ^a   Xia, Shu Sen ^a  

^a AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Prognostic factor; Zinc finger e box binding homeobox 1

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR VOLUME; ZEB1 GENE;

EID: 84871551563     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2012.1026     Document Type: Article

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